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QUITO (Reuters) - At least 17 people died and 12 others were injured in a fire on Friday at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, authorities said. The fire started when patients set mattresses ablaze to try to escape from the clinic, which lacked the necessary permits, according to Tania Varela, the chief of police in the poor area of the city where the incident took place. Such makeshift treatment centers are common in the Andean country. "We regret the loss of 17 human lives in this tragedy, and we reject the negligence of the owners," the Guayaquil fire department said in a statement. Police are seeking the arrest of the owners and operators of the clinic. (Reporting by Yury Garcia in Guyaquil and Alexandra Valencia in Quito; Writing by Luc Cohen; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) … [Read more...] about Seventeen die in fire at Ecuador drug rehab clinic

Comedian Artie Lange left a Pennsylvania drug rehab center to perform at a central New Jersey comedy club on Thanksgiving eve. The former Howard Stern sidekick, who has battled cocaine and opioids for many years, traveled the 90-plus miles – with permission – from the Retreat inpatient addiction center in Ephrata, Lancaster County, to the Stress Factory club in New Brunswick.RELATED READ: Artie Lange on Howard Stern: 'We hate each other's guts'He'll hit the road again Saturday for an 8 p.m. show at the Sarcasm Comedy Club at Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. (Tickets are $30.) On Wednesday, Lange tweeted that he had been clean for 18 days. After the Stress Factory show, he returned to the Ephrata facility to spend Thanksgiving. In June, Lange was sentenced to four years of probation on a guilty plea to possession of heroin after he was stopped by police on the Garden State Parkway and found to have 81 decks of the drug in his car, NJ.com reported.According to reports, the … [Read more...] about Artie Lange leaves Pennsylvania rehab center to perform at comedy club

SAN FRANCISCO -- It has been dubbed "the Florida Shuffle." Drug addicts from across the country get lured to the Sunshine State for decades with the promise of treatment, only to be traded from one unscrupulous drug rehab to another. Meanwhile, the patient's insurance company gets milked for tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges. Many have overdosed and even died in the process, prompting Florida lawmakers to crack down on the scam. Now, some bad actors are luring their victims to California, CBS SF Bay Area/KPIX 5 reports. "He called me when he was in treatment and started telling me about California," said Rich Strickling, who lives in Ohio. He said he had a feeling something was up when his 22-year-old son Alex, a recovering heroin addict, called to tell him he was planning to leave his treatment center in Florida for a new rehab facility in California. Days later, he got another call: Alex had overdosed and died in a motel room just a few miles from his … [Read more...] about Father blames “body broker” after son dies in drug rehab

By Teri Sforza | [email protected] and Tony Saavedra | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: October 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm | UPDATED: October 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm On his left forearm, Dillon DeRita had a tattoo of the Serenity Prayer, with its plea for redemptive power. He died at an addiction treatment center in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Rich DeRita) Dillon DeRita passed away on June 26, 2016 in a patio chair at Pacific Coast Detox in Costa Mesa at the age of 21. (Courtesy of Rich DeRita) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, left, and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas have been engaged in a political feud. (File photos by Orange County Register/SCNG) Garrett Hade, an advocate for recovering addicts, speaks during a visit to Breathe Life Healing Center in Los Angeles in April. State Senator Ricardo Lara’s legislation, specifying that paying for patients is not allowed, was signed into law last month. (Photo by Nick Agro, … [Read more...] about County passes registry for some drug rehab centers to crack down on abuses

By Christine Stapleton, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer The Beach House Center for Recovery in Juno Beach has named former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as its executive chairman. The Beach House made the announcement on July 12, a day after Christie toured the 147-bed facility on the center’s 5.3-acre campus. Christie ran against President Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. He was later named by Trump as the chair of the president’s Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission, which developed a plan to combat the nationwide drug abuse crisis. While on the campaign trail in December 2015, Christie visited Caron Renaissance substance abuse treatment center in Boca Raton, where he discussed drug treatment strategies he would implement if elected president.At The Beach House, Christie will offer strategic counsel to the board. New York-based private equity firm BelHealth Investment Partners purchased The Beach House in … [Read more...] about Former NJ Governor Christie named Exec Chair of Juno Beach drug rehab